BTW: while we (Shane w/ Whacker and I w/ Wilson) were at the cliff, stopped and letting Wilson's brake drum cool off, a Jeep TJ came upon us. The Jeep made a left turn and went up a gnarly hill. Whaddaya think happened then? Well, Shane and I juss hadda follow him up that piddly little hill. He took off without stopping. Coward! Wilson had less problem with that hill than the jeep did. Pffffftt!!

The above is my opinion. It is subject (like all my opinions) to debate, disagreement, rude gestures, and loud raspberries.

I was thinking of welding the rear diff in my LJ50 in the past and was strongly discouraged by some people.............
How well have you found lj20's stock axels to hold up this when only used off road?
Tom

I have one in my ole beater 20 and it has been in there for about 6 years and I have not had any problems what so ever, and when I got out 4 wheelin I give it hell. I have done 2 20's that way and both have had no problems.

In fact for those of you that don't know how to do it, there is a How To on the subject. Check out the "How To" section in this forum.

Question: At what depth should the welds be finished off to, and how much free play should there be between the axles, if any?

Welded mine up last week, first up I tried to reassemble but welds were too high, and the assembly wouldn't tighten down, so I pulled it apart again, and ground them down. Thinkin I went too far as I can now rotate the axles about a tenth of a turn before they lock. so now I guess I gotta pull it down again

Broke the rear right axel today whilst out wheeling. I need my lj to get me around for the next two days as its my current daily driver, and i was wondering if it is ok to drive around on the broken axel keeping in mind im not to fussed about braking the other rear axel as i have heaps of spares?